how to config case fans

bfavre

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How exactly do case fans work?
First, where do you put case fans? How do they attach to the case? In the back by all the ventilation holes by all the ports? So you put it inside the case in front of the ventilations and blow air from those little holes into the case?

Where does the power for the case fan come from? Do you attach it to a motherboard 3 pin like a cpu fan?

How do you secure the case fan?

What about dust? I have left a side cover off of case, for better cooling, and dust and dustballs just filled my heatsink and stuck onto my cpu fan blades. I put the left side cover of case back on, and there's no dust anymore. But wouldn't a case fan blow a lot of dust into the case thus clogging up the heatsink once again?
 

rarebear

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Low front fans blow in..
High back fans blow out
Very high top fan bow out (blow hole fan)

Cut holes with hole saw and use screws to attach
or
Bye a Antec SX830 case for $74 like me ..
comes with 2 fans and 4 holes 2 front two back and the snap in..
This case kicks ass..
 

rarebear

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Dec 11, 2000
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Low front fans blow in..
High back fans blow out
Very high top fan bow out (blow hole fan)

Cut holes with hole saw and use screws to attach
or
Bye a Antec SX830 case for $74 like me ..
comes with 2 fans and 4 holes 2 front two back and the snap in..
This case kicks ass..
 

rarebear

Senior member
Dec 11, 2000
450
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71
Low front fans blow in..
High back fans blow out
Very high top fan bow out (blow hole fan)

Cut holes with hole saw and use screws to attach
or
Buy a Antec SX830 case for $74 like me ..
comes with 2 fans and 4 holes 2 front two back and the snap in..
This case kicks ass..